Articles Posted in Car Accident

Three women, Angela Prado, 49, Elda Nava-Mayo, 24, and Sara Flores, 40, were killed in an Orange County crash after the Ford Excursion SUV in which they were passengers crashed on a freeway exit. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal SUV rollover crash occurred the night of August 8, 2011 on the northbound 5 Freeway at the Beach Boulevard exit in Buena Park. The three female passengers died at the scene while two others, including the 41-year-old driver and an 16-year-old passenger, sustained major injuries and were transported to a local trauma center.
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Dellene Burgeson, 51, was killed and a man is in critical condition following an Orange County car accident involving a head-on collision. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal car crash occurred on West Ball Road at Magnolia Avenue in Anaheim, the night of August 5, 2011. Police say Burgeson was driving west on Ball at a high rate of speed, when her Lincoln vehicle crossed the divider and entered oncoming traffic, before hitting a Mazda. The Mazda’s driver sustained major injuries. Burgeson died at the scene. The Lincoln also struck three other moving vehicles and two parked vehicles. Two others sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
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Fifteen people were injured in a Los Angeles car accident involving an adult day care van and a car. According to a City News Service report, the Genesis Adult Day Health Care passenger van collided with a car at the intersection of Wilbur Avenue and Kittridge Street in Tarzana the morning of August 4, 2011. It is unclear at this time what caused the two vehicles to collide. While none of the victims sustained life-threatening injuries, eight of the victims had to be transported to a hospital. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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A 35-year-old man was killed in a Los Angeles car accident that also resulted in injuries to six other people. According to a City News Service report, the fiery car accident occurred on West Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, the early morning of August 3, 2011.

Officials say the 27-year-old female driver crashed her 2002 Ford Focus into a streetlight along the highway and then a wall, before the vehicle burst into flames. A 35-year-old man died at the scene. The driver and a 15-year-old passenger were airlifted to an area hospital in critical condition. A 10-year-old passenger sustained multiple broken bones while three others, ages 17, 6 and 1, sustained relatively minor injuries. The relationship between the driver and the passengers is not known at this time.
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A man was injured in a San Bernardino car accident involving a hit-and-run driver. According to a news report in The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, the hit-and-run car accident occurred near the intersection of Baseline Road and Beryl Street in Rancho Cucamonga, the afternoon of July 29, 2011. The injured pedestrian was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Authorities were able to locate the driver responsible for this collision shortly after the accident. The extent of the victim’s injuries is not known. It is also not clear if the driver will be charged with leaving the scene of the crash.

My thoughts and prayers are with the man injured in this hit-and-run car accident. I wish him the very best for a complete and speedy recovery.
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Wesley Davis, 23, was killed in an Anaheim car accident after his car was hit by an SUV, the night of July 29, 2011. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal car crash occurred at the intersection of La Palma and Sequoia avenues. Authorities report that Davis was turning left at the intersection when a Ford Explorer SUV struck his Buick. The Buick was sheared in half by the impact and the Explorer overturned. Davis was killed, while a female passenger in the Buick and the male driver of the Explorer were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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A woman in her 20s was killed and another man was injured in a Huntington Beach car accident, which officials say involved a hit-and-run driver. According to a news report in The Orange County register, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred early morning on July 22, 2011 at the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Atlanta Avenue.

Officials say the pedestrians were walking in a lighted crosswalk when they were struck by the driver, who was southbound on Brookhurst. The male suspect fled the scene, but was arrested three hours later in Laguna Beach on suspicion of felony hit-and-run. The woman died at the scene and the male victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Anyone who saw this collision is asked to contact Huntington Beach police at 714-536-5666.
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Three people were injured in a Los Angeles car accident, which officials say, was caused by a drunk driver, the night of July 13, 2011. According to a City News Service report, the injury crash occurred at the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue in the Valley Glen area of Los Angeles. The crash involved a taxicab and two other vehicles. Three people including the suspect were transported to a local hospital with injuries, but they are all expected to survive. Police arrested one man on suspicion of driving under the influence a day after the crash.
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A motorcycle officer was injured in an Anaheim car accident after he was struck by a car that was making a left turn at an intersection. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the injury collision occurred at the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue the afternoon of July 7, 2011. Officials say the police officer’s motorcycle was northbound on Harbor when it was hit by a 2004 Chevrolet Impala that was turning left from Harbor onto Lincoln. The officer was hospitalized with injuries, but he is expected to survive. Police investigators are looking into which vehicle had the right-of-way at the time.
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A 23-year-old man was seriously injured in an Orange County car accident after officials say he was struck by a drunk driver. According to a City News Service report, the pedestrian accident occurred on Pacific Coast Highway, near the Aliso Beach entrance, in Laguna Beach, the night of July 4, 2011. The victim sustained serious injuries and was transported to an area trauma center for treatment. Police arrested the driver, 31-year-old Michael David of Los Angeles, on suspicion of felony drunk driving. David was previously convicted of DUI in 2005.
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